Recruitment & Retention

Searching for talent: Building up your bench

As the private credit market goes from strength to strength, novel recruitment strategies are needed to find – and retain – equally strong talent, says Gail McManus, founder director of PER.

The talent crunch calls for creative thinking

Firms are increasingly looking for private debt professionals who can offer them ‘the whole package’, but a dearth of specialist talent is highlighting the challenges of hiring.

CLOs and the art of arbitrage

The skill set is not unique and not a constraint on the growth of the industry.

Wall Street veteran Scherr to co-head Pretium with Pruzan

Former CFOs will be co-presidents of the real estate and corporate credit outfit.

Blackstone hires private credit veterans for infra and asset-based group

The firm says the new partners will help fuel continued growth of its infra and asset-based credit platform.

The long road to gender parity

Women working in private debt have seen progress, but senior-level recruitment and retention remain a challenge.

KBRA adds three senior level hires

Ratings outfit expands its private credit team to beef up its practice.

Dwight Scott, of GSO and Blackstone, retires

The retirement comes not quite a year after the industry veteran became chairman of Blackstone Credit and Insurance.

Barings loses a round against Corinthia

Court denies motion to prevent another employee from joining UK-based Corinthia.

Blackstone hires Dickson to lead client relations

The former global head of investment banking at Citi will head a new group within the Credit & Insurance platform.